"No!"

"Never!"

"Please think twice about ...... Prince"

Before Prince Zhu's words were finished, Yuan Jixian, Qiu Yu, and Fang Gongyue, three virtuous old ministers, jumped up and admonished.

And Wu Sanfu, who has always been obedient to Prince Zhu, was also stunned on the spot.

The cannon on Phoenix Mountain was not a three-pounder regimental cannon or a 12-pounder Hongyi cannon, but a 24-pounder cannon and a 36-pounder cannon that were only transported to Shanghai from the Bugarao Cannon Factory in Ho O in late June this year.

These two cannons were transported as prototypes of the fortress guns and handed over to the Nanjing Jiangwutang Artillery Section for several months. This time, Zhu Cihong brought them when he went west, and was going to use them to bombard Li Zicheng.

After arriving in Wuchang Fucheng, Feng Sizhong, the artillery commander of the Model New Army, chose to erect two giant cannons on the Phoenix Mountain Heights in the north of Wuchang City.

This Phoenix Mountain is the key place of Wuchang, known as the desire to control Wuchang, the first to control the Snake Mountain, the first to control the Snake Mountain, the first to control the Phoenix said. Although it is not very tall, it is fourteen or fifteen zhang. However, the geographical location is very important, it is located in the north of Wuchang City, a "city mountain", and it is two or three miles away from the Yangtze River. It is also five miles away from the highland Turtle Mountain in Hanyang City on the other side of the Yangtze River. Twenty-four or thirty-six pounds of shore defense cannons were erected on Phoenix Mountain, barely reaching Guishan on the other side of the Yangtze River.

But the cannon on Phoenix Mountain is difficult to hit the Hanyangmen Wharf, and there is a city wall to block it! Those two cannons are direct-firing cannons, not curved mortars and howitzers, and they can't be fought through the city walls!

"Chitose Lord," Wu Sanfu said, "The two giant cannons on Phoenix Mountain can't reach the Hanyangmen Wharf, and there are city walls and towers to cover them. ”

"Yes, yes, out of reach."

"Let's pacify."

"The old minister will go on a trip, and the old minister will go to ...... immediately"

The three virtuous old ministers were all very clever, and hurriedly followed Wu Sanfu's words.

Wu Sanfu then said: "Master Chitose, let's also mobilize the three-pounder regimental cannon to Hanyang Gate!" The three-pounder cannon can shoot shotshots at close range, and a large area can be exploded! ”

This Wu Sanfu will come up with an idea..... The three virtuous old ministers immediately became anxious.

"Guogong...... What are you talking about? ”

"You can't shoot shotshots!"

"That's all Huguang's reading seeds! You can't hit it with cannons! ”

Zhu Cihong watched the three old ministers jump to their feet, and hurriedly interrupted: "Who said that you are going to bombard Hanyang Gate?" Doesn't Hongu know the ballistics of the twenty-pounder and thirty-six-pounder long-barreled cannons? The "Ballistics" of the Wutang Artillery Department was still written by the main palace...... Sanfu, this palace is for you to bombard Hanyang Guisan! Isn't the group of scholars outside the Hanyang Gate going on a Northern Expedition? Then let's cut it down! Go quickly, let Feng Sizhong be accurate! ”

"Whoa!" Wu Sanfu responded, turned around and went to deploy the artillery bombardment.

Yuan Jixian, Qiu Yu, Fang Gongyue and other three old ministers also sighed, and then looked at Zhu Cihong, only to see that the young prince of Fujun seemed to have a bad smile on his face...... Not quite right, are you holding back some bad ideas?

......

Boom......

When the twenty-four-pounder and thirty-six-pounder cannons began to roar, Li Zicheng, the son of Dashun, was having lunch in his palace, which was the original Hanyang Mansion! There are no delicacies from the mountains and seas, just a few vegetarian dishes, steamed Wuchang fish sandwich white flour buns, and stewed a large pot of mutton. A mouthful of white-flour steamed buns sandwiched with Wuchang fish, a mouthful of mutton soup, that's called a beauty!

Because there are good news everywhere, Li Zicheng is in a good mood today, his appetite is good, and when he is eating happily, the rumbling cannon sound comes.

Li Zicheng looked up at the open window, it was a big love day outside, obviously it wasn't thunder, someone was firing a cannon! Could it be that the artillery battalion on the Kameyama Fort is training?

When he was wondering, Liu Zongmin came in a hurry!

Li Zicheng greeted with a smile: "Jiexuan, it's just right to come, let's eat some together..... Steamed fish, very fresh! ”

"Emperor!" Liu Zongmin kowtowed sharply, and then hurriedly reported: "The Zhu thief's cannon is bombarding the Guishan Fort!" ”

Li Zicheng smiled indifferently: "What's the big deal...... Just hit back! ”

Liu Zongmin shook his head: "I can't go back!" ”

"Why?" Li Zicheng was stunned.

Liu Zongmin said: "Because the two cannons that bombarded Guishan were not erected on the tower of Hanyang Gate, but on Phoenix Mountain!" ”

"On the Phoenix Mountain...... That's how far away! ”

"Yes, five or six miles away! The Hongyi cannon on Turtle Mountain is difficult to reach, and even if it is barely reached, it is not accurate. ”

Li Zicheng exhaled and laughed: "Then don't panic...... Their Hongyi cannons can't hit, and their Hongyi cannons must not be able to hit either. ”

Liu Zongmin shook his head: "Emperor, their cannon can fight...... The brothers of the artillery battalion have already picked up the cannonballs they fired, which are one or two times larger than the cannonballs fired by their Hongyi cannons! ”

"The shells of the Hongyi cannon are still the size?" Li Zicheng didn't react for a while.

Liu Zongmin said: "Emperor, it's someone else's cannon that's bigger than ours!" ”

"Ah......" Li Zicheng touched his forehead, he was really confused! Zhu Cihong occupied the treasure land in the southeast, and he could trade with the Hongyi Kingdom in the west, so he could naturally buy a giant cannon.

"Then we have to fight back!" Li Zicheng said calmly, "Now is the moment of confrontation between the two armies, and we can't compromise our prestige." ”

"But your cannons can't hit Phoenix Mountain!"

Li Zicheng thought about it, put down the half-eaten "fish sandwich bun", and stood up: "Let's go, let's go to the sect and have a look." ”

Chaojongmon Gate is the east gate of Hanyang Castle, just at the foot of Turtle Mountain, on the edge of the Yangtze River. Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin quietly went up to the city wall near the Chaozong Gate, and they didn't dare to make a big splash, and they didn't even dare to go up to the city tower - Lao Li used the Hongyi cannon for Zhu Cihong when he was fighting in Beijing.

So he went up to the city wall on the edge of the city tower, and touched it with a monocular, and found that it was very lively outside the Hanyang Gate on the opposite side, and a large number of people were in chaos, most of them were Confucians, and there were many tattered flags, and he didn't know what he wanted to do.

"There it is! A place crowded with a lot of people," Li Zicheng put down his binoculars and raised his hand to point, "What is that city gate called?" ”

"It's called Hanyangmon." Someone on the left and right answered.

"Medium! Just bombard Hanyang Gate! ”

......

"Hit, hit......"

Outside the Hanyang Gate, a group of people are cheering!

Not cheering what they had hit, but cheering for the cannon on Phoenix Mountain hitting Turtle Mountain. Although they didn't know if they had killed all the evil thieves, they couldn't tell the joy in their hearts when they listened to the roar of the cannons and watched the mud and sand stirred up by the cannonballs fly!

Peng Ziqin also shouted "hit, hit", just like he was shouting in the middle of the year. Just as he was in his strength, he saw a few clouds of smoke suddenly rise from the opposite turtle mountain, and then a few black dots flew towards him at a very fast speed. In the blink of an eye, there were two loud bangs of "bangbang" behind him, followed by the sound of screams.

Peng Ziqin hurriedly turned around to look, and saw two big holes on the outer wall of the Hanyang Gate Tower! There was already a mess under the big hole, and I don't know how many people dressed as scholars were running around with their heads, and a few people with their faces covered in blood - they were injured by the bricks that fell from the tower of Hanyang Gate.

It turns out that the Hanyang Gate Tower is a traditional straight erected brick wall, once it is bombarded, even if the thick wall is not broken, the bricks on the wall will be broken a lot, and then scattered down, like a flowering bullet, can cover a large area of territory. The person standing below will suffer, and he will be smashed on the head and bloody.

Bang bang ......

Two more twelve-pound stone bullets hit the Hanyang Gate Tower, and the broken bricks fell down, smashing a group of troublesome scholars with nowhere to hide.

Now everyone knows that the rogue on the opposite side is bombarding Hanyang Gate!

Now Hanyangmun is a real battlefield...... Big guy, don't make trouble, run for your life!